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About the Course

This course is the first in a series of six to equip you with the skills you need to apply to introductory-level roles in project management. Project managers play a key role in leading, planning and implementing critical projects to help their organizations succeed. In this course, you’ll discover foundational project management terminology and gain a deeper understanding of the role and responsibilities of a project manager. We’ll also introduce you to the kinds of jobs you might pursue after completing this program. Throughout the program, you’ll learn from current Google project managers, who can provide you with a multi-dimensional educational experience that will help you build your skills for on-the-job application. Learners who complete this program should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as project managers. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Define project management and describe what constitutes a project. - Explore project management roles and responsibilities across a variety of industries. - Detail the core skills that help a project manager be successful. - Describe the life cycle of a project and explain the significance of each phase. - Compare different program management methodologies and approaches and determine which is most effective for a given project. - Define organizational structure and culture and explain how it impacts project management. - Define change management and describe the role of the project manager in the process....

Top reviews

SC

Oct 10, 2022

Very informative. Did not realize there was more in order to get the certificate. Need to be more transparent with the actual course agenda and allow for a less controlled way to get thru the courses.

MR

Nov 27, 2021

Learned a lot such as Agile, C-Suite, Change management, Corporate governance, Culture mapping, DMAIC, Kanban, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Linear, Matrix structure, Reporting chart, Six Sigma etc. Thank you

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By Elizabeth S

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Sep 25, 2022

Great introduction to the Project Management. I enjoyed and learned alot. Looking forward to the rest of the courses.

By Claude V

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Aug 29, 2022

This is an excellent course. You can learn at your pace, visit past lessen and take in all the information with ease.

By Carl H L

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Aug 10, 2022

It was a great course! Well structured, to the point, and with information that will definitely help me in my career.

By Jyoti

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Aug 8, 2022

Learning experience throughout this course has been really amazing. Hope to apply these learnings in my work as well.

By fadi w

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Jul 27, 2022

Very informative and thorough! I've finished this course with so much knowledge that can be applied to the workforce.

By Maryanne O

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Jul 25, 2022

I found this course to be very informative and it included useful information about the field of Project Management.

By Julia N

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Jul 4, 2022

Very insightful and educative. The course instructors were easy to understand and all the resources were informative.

By Bibhuti B S

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Jun 25, 2022

Very informative. will definitely have a deep insight on what managing a project looks like. will want to learn more.

By J

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Jun 9, 2022

Great to go through basic concepts of the project management. This is a veryr good start to continue to other courses

By IRFAN K P

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May 17, 2022

One can get to know what exactly a project manager do on daily basis to get the project rolling & lead to completion.

By Shandhi

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May 3, 2022

I learned a lot from this course. I got so many new insights and knowledges to use for real Project Management works.

By Reem

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May 3, 2022

I learned a lot of concepts that would consist the basis of project management in a very smooth and entertaining way.

By Trang P H

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Apr 16, 2022

The course is very imformative and easy to follow, practice in any types of tasks and reflect on my past experience.

By Corey C

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Mar 31, 2022

Great presenter, great iteractive UI expereicne with the different assessments and the different readings and videos.

By Pris C

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Mar 23, 2022

Strongly recommened! Easy to follow. Sufficient and efficient learning content. Great way to start for the beginner.

By Ketav C

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Mar 8, 2022

Very good course. It gives you the flavour of project management. Very nice & illustrative lessons with case studies.

By Taylor B

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Jan 14, 2022

Fantastic foundational knowledge with great examples from Google employees. Very easy to understand and work through.

By K T

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Jan 8, 2022

J'ai vraiment apprécié ce cours, à tel point qu'il m'a motivée à continuer dans mon cursus de formation .

Merci Google

By Wycliffe K

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Jun 4, 2021

A very essential course all our lives require us to work on different projects .Here in Coursera its taught perfectly

By Rayne A

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May 21, 2021

The course is a great introduction to project management, filled with many fun and interesting stories from Googlers!

By Shubham P

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May 2, 2021

This is an amazing course, I learnt a lot from this. Thank you to the team for making this awesome content available.

By Shankaranarayanan K

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Apr 18, 2021

I really enjoyed the course and the process taken. Each concept was taught with an example which was very insightful.

By Mauhhik T

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Apr 5, 2021

Really nice coursework and I really love the 10 minutes regarding articles which are available in between the videos.

By Stylianos H

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Mar 31, 2021

Very interesting course about project management with a lot of case studies and real-life examples. Highly recommend.

By Santosh M

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Dec 18, 2023

Thank you very much for the course. I enjoyed every minute of your lecture as well as your marvelous sense of humor.